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Country Comparison :: Children under the age of 5 years underweight
This entry gives the percent of children under five considered to be underweight. Underweight means weight-for-age is approximately 2 kg below for standard at age one, 3 kg below standard for ages two and three, and 4 kg below standard for ages four and five. This statistic is an indicator of the nutritional status of a community. Children who suffer from growth retardation as a result of poor diets and/or recurrent infections tend to have a greater risk of suffering illness and death.
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Rank
 country (%) Date of Information
1 India
43.50
2006
2 Yemen
43.10
2003
3 Bangladesh
41.30
2007
4 Timor-Leste
40.60
2002
5 Niger
39.90
2006
6 Burundi
38.90
2000
7 Nepal
38.80
2006
8 Burkina Faso
37.40
2006
9 Madagascar
36.80
2004
10 Ethiopia
34.60
2005
11 Eritrea
34.50
2002
12 Chad
33.90
2004
13 Afghanistan
32.90
2004
14 Somalia
32.80
2006
15 Sudan
31.70
2006
16 Laos
31.60
2006
17 Pakistan
31.30
2001
18 Djibouti
29.60
2006
19 Burma
29.60
2003
20 Cambodia
28.80
2008
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
28.20
2007
22 Mali
27.90
2006
23 Angola
27.50
2001
24 Nigeria
26.70
2008
25 Maldives
25.70
2001
26 Comoros
25.00
2000
27 Central African Republic
21.80
2000
28 Sierra Leone
21.30
2008
29 Mozambique
21.20
2003
30 Sri Lanka
21.10
2007
31 Guinea
20.80
2008
32 Philippines
20.70
2003
33 Korea, North
20.60
2004
34 Togo
20.50
2008
35 Liberia
20.40
2007
36 Vietnam
20.20
2008
37 Benin
20.20
2006
38 Indonesia
19.60
2007
39 Haiti
18.90
2006
40 Papua New Guinea
18.10
2005
41 Rwanda
18.00
2005
42 Guatemala
17.70
2002
43 Namibia
17.50
2007
44 Guinea-Bissau
17.20
2008
45 Tanzania
16.70
2005
46 Cote d'Ivoire
16.70
2006
47 Mauritania
16.70
2008
48 Cameroon
16.60
2006
49 Lesotho
16.60
2005
50 Kenya
16.50
2003
51 Uganda
16.40
2006
52 Gambia, The
15.80
2006
53 Malawi
15.50
2006
54 Zambia
14.90
2007
55 Tajikistan
14.90
2005
56 Senegal
14.50
2005
57 Ghana
14.30
2008
58 Zimbabwe
14.00
2006
59 Sao Tome and Principe
13.10
2009
60 Bhutan
12.00
2008
61 Congo, Republic of the
11.80
2005
62 Solomon Islands
11.50
2007
63 Guyana
10.80
2007
64 Botswana
10.70
2000
65 Equatorial Guinea
10.60
2004
66 Syria
10.00
2006
67 Morocco
9.90
2004
68 Gabon
8.80
2001
69 China
8.70
2000
70 Honduras
8.60
2006
71 Azerbaijan
8.40
2006
72 Iraq
7.10
2006
73 Thailand
7.00
2006
74 Egypt
6.80
2008
75 Albania
6.60
2005
76 Ecuador
6.20
2004
77 El Salvador
6.10
2003
78 Swaziland
6.10
2007
79 Uruguay
6.00
2004
80 Libya
5.60
2007
81 Peru
5.40
2005
82 Saudi Arabia
5.30
2005
83 Mongolia
5.30
2005
84 Colombia
5.10
2005
85 Kazakhstan
4.90
2006
86 Belize
4.90
2006
87 Trinidad and Tobago
4.40
2000
88 Uzbekistan
4.40
2006
89 Bolivia
4.30
2008
90 Nicaragua
4.30
2004
91 Lebanon
4.20
2004
92 Armenia
4.20
2005
93 Ukraine
4.10
2000
94 Panama
3.90
2008
95 Cuba
3.90
2000
96 Venezuela
3.70
2007
97 Algeria
3.70
2005
98 Romania
3.50
2002
99 Turkey
3.50
2004
100 Mexico
3.40
2006
101 Dominican Republic
3.40
2007
102 Tunisia
3.30
2006
103 Singapore
3.30
2000
104 Moldova
3.20
2005
105 Kyrgyzstan
2.70
2006
106 Argentina
2.30
2005
107 Georgia
2.30
2005
108 Montenegro
2.20
2006
109 Jamaica
2.20
2007
110 Brazil
2.20
2007
111 Czech Republic
2.10
2002
112 Macedonia
1.80
2005
113 Serbia
1.80
2006
114 Tuvalu
1.60
2007
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.60
2006
116 Bulgaria
1.60
2004
117 Belarus
1.30
2005
118 United States
1.30
2002
119 Germany
1.10
2005
120 Chile
0.50
2008
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